All Month Long

Days

1 – National Baked Alaska Day-If you don’t know what this is, it’s sponge cake and ice cream in a meringue covering, cooked for a very short time.
1 – Decorating With Candy Day
1 – National Dark Chocolate Day=Eat as much as you like, they say it’s great for your Heart.
2 – National Tater Tot Day-Yum. One of my favorite meals, Sloppy Joe’s and Tater Tots. Used to cook this on Sunday nights. Now, Tater Tots can be the entire meal with all the fun things people put on top and into them.
2 – National Crepe Day-Have a make your own crepe station set up at your restaurant. A stack of Crepes, whip creme, stawberries, brown sugar, powdered sugar, maple syrup, chocolate drizzle, melted butter, and more. Then have a camera at the end of the table, people will take pix of their creation and you will post em’ on line. Or go Ol School and have people take the pix with their phone and upload them to Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Hashtag #Delish or #Mycrepe or #DIYcrepe or #Crepecreation or #CrepeHI/NY/LA Just make sure it’s easy. Use one simple hashtag and no @ signs or other hoops to jump through.
2 – Groundhog Day-Not a big deal in Hawaii. LOL.
2 – National Wear Red Day-You’d think this would be closer to February 14th.
3 – National Carrot Cake Day
3 – Ice Cream For Breakfast Day
4 – Super Bowl Sunday-This should be a Holiday…on Monday.
4 – National Homemade Soup Day
4 – National Stuffed Mushroom Day
4 – Thank A Mailman Day
5 – National Chocolate Fondue Day
5 – World Nutella Day-Do a Nutella Recipe contest. A Nutella Art or sculpture contest. Or an easy Social Media contest, like What do you Nutella with? (Nutella and Fill in the Blank).
5 – National Weatherperson’s Day
6 – National Frozen Yogurt Day
7 – National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
7 – Send A Card To A Friend Day-Do this. Not many people get mail other than bills in 2018. So, you will stand out and make someone’s day.
8 – National Potato Lover’s Day
8 – National Molasses Bar Day
8 – Boy Scout Day
8 – Kite Flying Day
8 – Opera Day
9 – National Pizza Day-Usually some good deals on Pizza on this day. See what you can find.
9 – National Bagels & Lox Day-I like to eat this in NY or Chicago, the portions are 2-3x bigger than in Hawaii. And they give 5x the amount of capers in Chicago!

10 – National Cream Cheese Brownie Day
10 – National Have a Brownie Day
10 – Umbrella Day
11 – National Peppermint Patty Day
11 – Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
11 – Get Out Your Guitar Day-Or Bring Back Guitar Hero, that was always fun to play at remotes.
11 – Make a Friend Day-Say “Hi” to your fellow elevator passengers. Try and say Hi to at least 5 people today.
11 – Satisfied Staying Single Day
12 – National Plum Pudding Day-Wonder how this ended up in February. We eat this for Good-Luck on December 25. No one really likes it much, they fuss all over it, but it does bring Good Luck to all who partake.
13 – Mardi Gras-Good we have a few days notice on this one. It seems to come up out of nowhere every year.
13 – National Tortellini Day
13 – National Italian Food Day-Spaghetti Eating Contests! Sometimes I go to Buca De Pepo and get the giant Spaghetti and eat it for 3 days. Saves on cooking for a bit. Cafe Sustina and Macaroni Grill my fav’s to eat at in HI. Little Italy or the place near Union Square if I’m in NY. The place near Union Square has the best food in the world. Little Italy is super fun to hang at, food is secondary, although still good.
13 – Madly In Love With Me Day
14 – Valentine’s Day-Concerts, Candy, Flowers, Hotels, etc. Couple of my Favorite Promotions. Singles Night at the Supermarket. And The Nuts and Bolts Booze Cruise. All the Nuts need to find the Bolts to match. Can also do with famous names taped to the backs of the participants.
14 – National Cream-Filled Chocolates Day
14 – International Book Giving Day-Nothing says I Love You more than a book. Hmm
15 – National Gumdrop Day-If you can find these, have fun.
15 – Singles Awareness Day
15 – Hippo Day
16 – National Almond Day
16 – Do A Grouch A Favor Day
17 – National Cafe’ Au Lait Day
17 – My Way Day
17 – World Human Spirit Day
17 – Random Acts of Kindness Day-Start on this one now. So easy to do & doesn’t cost a dime.
18 – National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day
18 – National Drink Wine Day
18 – World Whale Day-Giveaway trips to Maui to see the Whales.
19 – National Chocolate Mint Day
19 – Presidents Day-Also the Great Aloha Run.
20 – National Cherry Pie Day-Pie Eating Contest Time. The trick to winning a pie or especially a watermelon eating contest. Smash your face directly into the middle.
20 – Love Your Pet Day
21 – National Sticky Bun Day
22 – National Chili Day-A good day to start a Chili Cook-Off event.
22 – National Cook A Sweet Potato Day
22 – National Margarita Day-Straight up or Blended. With Salt or Without.
22 – Be Humble Day
23 – National Banana Bread Day-With Nuts or Without?
23 – Play Tennis Day
24 – National Tortilla Chip Day
24 – Open That Bottle Night
25 – National Clam Chowder Day
25 – National Chocolate Covered Peanuts Day
26 – National Pistachio Day-Guess how many Pistachio’s are in the Jar to win $$.
26 – Tell A Fairy Tale Day
27 – National Kahlua Day
27 – National Strawberry Day
27 – No Brainer Day
27 – Polar Bear Day-My favorite animal at the Zoo. I can watch Polar bears for hours.
28 – National Chocolate Souffle Day-Better order it now, so it’s ready by the time dinner is done.

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Well, you are already here reading this, thus it doesn’t make much sense that the QR code is here. But what I wanted to let you know is how I achieved getting my QR code. All I did was asked my Web Master “How can I get this on to my blog”. Here is what he told me to do if you would like your QR code on your Blog.

1. Go to “how to get a QR code on Google” and then click on QRCode.kaywa.com

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5. Lesson learned-Its much easier to ask someone who knows more about something then you do. Before this all I had on here was a bunch of crazy HTML code in pink. And I spent about half an hour to do that! Once I asked how to do this it took less than 4 minutes!! Thanks To Robz Y for the Help on getting this QR code on to my blog. Yeah!!!

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I had the pleasure to see Social Media Guru Dan Zelikman talk a couple of weeks ago at the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Event. It was at Dan’s first Social Media Seminar that I first heard of Foursquare, now 12 badges later, i had the chance to hear what’s new in Social Media. This was a Seminar for Small Business’ in Hawaii. Dan currently works at Civilbeat.com- Hawaii’s on-line only newspaper. and you can find him at danzelikman.com Here are the Highlights:

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Context-Stay Relevent and Human
Brand Voice and Consistency are key
Variety is good
Listen first, then share.
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